WAR AND PEACE

Also known as the wraith-l Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Compiled by Winter, Spam Ferryman, NetWraith Inner Circle member #242 and Keeper of the almighty Wraith-l FAQ

Version 1.3, February 17, 1997


DISCLAIMER: the Storyteller System, World of Darkness, Wraith: the Oblivion, and many other terms used in this FAQ are trademarks and copyrights of White Wolf. Their inclusion in this FAQ is not meant as a challenge to the trademarks or copyrights concerned.

Some sections of this FAQ were taken from various Wraith books, including Wraith 2nd Edition and Buried Secrets, or from the old Wraith FAQ, compiled by Jonathan Woodward and Richard Dansky


What's New?
In version 1.3 of the Wraith-l FAQ, the following additions were made:
Table of Contents added
Question about essential Wraith books added
Various gramattical errors were corrected
Additions to the Definition of Spam made
Added more homepages to Net Resouces


TABLE OF CONTENTS

What's new?

  1. Real Basic Stuff
    1. How do I use this FAQ?
    2. What is wraith-L, and how do I join?
    3. What is a storytelling game?
    4. What is Wraith?
    5. What should i get if i want to play Wraith?
    6. What are the best books for Wraith?
  2. Questions About Wraith
    1. What's with the missing paragraph from the Beast? (or WAIT!! How DO I regain Pathos?!)
    2. Where is everything?
    3. How do the Shadowlands and the Tempest relate to the Umbra and the other planes?
    4. What's the deal with that whole insubstantial/rule of ouch thing?
    5. What motivates the Shadow?
    6. What is the Shadow's potential motivation for helping the Psyche out?
    7. Can you smelt Spectres?
    8. Are Shades sentient?
    9. Who runs a Harrowing, the Shadow or Spectres?
    10. Why do the low-level Inhabit Arcanos abilities all involve computers?
    11. Various Questions about Charon
      a) Is Charon Abel?
      b) Well who *is* Charon then?
      c) What happened to Charon, his mask, and Siklos?
    12. How can I use Wraith with the other Storyteller games?
    13. Do wraiths have minds that can be affected by Magick/Gifts/Etc.?
    14. Can wraiths talk to any supernatural being without using Arcanoi or spending Pathos?
    15. Can (blank) become a Wraith?
    16. How do I decide if my character becomes a wraith upon death?
    17. Did Samuel Haight become a wraith?
    18. Are soulforged or Moliated objects conscious? Do they have Shadows?
  3. Questions about Wraith-List
    1. What is Spam?
    2. What is the NetWraith Inner Circle, what do the numbers mean and how do I get one?
    3. What is the Spam Hierarchy, Spam Heretic Cult, etc.?
    4. Who's that deadguy person?
    5. What's this THE BEAST you nuts keep ranting about?
    6. What's that whole thing about Adders, Jarec, 9/10, and soulforging?
    7. What's up with you guys talking in all those funny parentheses?
    8. What are all these Legion write ups?
  4. Internet Resources
    1. Are copies of any of the Wraith books available on the Internet somewhere?
    2. Is there anything at all about Wraith on the net?
    Special Thanks
    Final Word
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